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Grocery Shopping - What To Buy For Building Muscle?
By Shaun Swilling
The muscle building shopping list below does not include milk or coffee etc. it's not that kind of shopping list. We decided the best way to break it down was into the three basic food groups you need to have in your mind when you walk into the grocery store.
It needs to be noted that the list of these three basic food-groups is listed in priority. For example, eggs are at the top of the protein list because it has the most effective and digestible/useable protein available for any aspiring bodybuilder trying to speed up muscle repair.
The order in which these food groups are listed below is important because the top 2 or 3 foods listed on each food group means they are the healthiest most digestible of the foods in that group. For example, under fats you'll see Olive and Flax seed oil as the primary source of healthy fats that you need to enable muscle repair.
Protein:
Eggs: 1 whole egg per 3 whites. 6 egg whites with 2 whole eggs
Liquid Egg Whites: Pure egg whites, more expensive
Cutlets or Skinless Chicken: Lean, high quality protein; very affordable
Lean Ground Turkey: Low fat high quality protein. More expensive
Top Round Steak: Lean cut meat. Off-season protein or moderate diet
Filet Mignon: Tasty lean cut meat. Very expensive
Buffalo: Lean cut meat. Very expensive
Flounder: Lean fish. Very affordable
Cod: Lean fish Affordable
Pollock: Lean fish. Affordable
Wild Salmon: Very healthy fatty fish. Expensive
Canned Tuna: Lean fish. Affordable
Turkey Bacon: Lean bacon. Expensive
90% Lean Ground Beef: Affordable
Cottage Cheese: Affordable
Pork Tenderloin: Lean protein. Affordable
Wild Sea Bass: High quality protein. Expensive
Wild Swordfish: High quality protein. Expensive
Carbohydrates:
Oat-meal: Complex carbohydrate. Affordable
Steel Cut Oats: Slow digesting carb. Expensive
Fruit: All fruits. Fast digesting Healthy carb source: Affordable
Vegetables: Complex carb. Affordable
Sweet Potatoes/Yams: Slow digesting carb. Affordable
Brown Rice: Slow digesting carb Expensive
White Rice: Faster digesting carb. Affordable
Whole Wheat Bread: Slow digesting carb. Expensive
Cream Of Wheat: White rice substitute. Faster digesting carb
Cream of Rice: White rice substitute. Faster digesting carb
Fats:
Olive Oil/Flaxseed Oil: Balanced healthy fats. Expensive
Avocados: Very good fat. Expensive
Fish Oil: Digestible fats. Affordable
Almond Butter/Cashew Butter: Good fat. Expensive
Almonds: Very good fat. Expensive
Pecans: Good fat. Affordable
Walnuts: Very good fat: Expensive
Cashews: Very good fat. Expensive
Unprocessed Natural Peanut Butter: Good fat. Affordable